Dump All the Blame on the Demonic Heart; the Body Is His Own
Dump All the Blame on the Demonic Heart; the Body Is His Own
Once the matter of the future family head was settled, the many clan members on the main peak dispersed one after another, and from this day onward, decree after decree was sent out to every corner.
The Gu Family possessed countless divine and immortal mountains, and those qualified to set foot on the main peak were at the very least figures of high rank and great authority within their respective lineages, each backed by terrifying power.
The matter of Gu Changge becoming the future family head naturally had to be proclaimed far and wide throughout the vast Gu Family, so that all its many subsidiary forces would know!
A grand event like this was akin to a Cult of Immortality designating its successor—enough to shake the entire Beyond.
Now, for Gu Changge, the position of Young Master was rightfully and legitimately his.
“Congratulations, Young Master!”
“The Young Master will surely lead our Gu Family to even greater glory.”
At once, many Gu Family members came forward to offer their congratulations.
No matter what, Gu Changge’s future rule over the Gu Family was now set in stone.
Especially after the terrifying strength he displayed today, every clan member was left in awe. Setting everything else aside, Gu Changge’s strength and talent alone were unmatched by anyone.
The position of Young Master was truly well-deserved.
Gu Changge nodded slightly.
All of this was within his expectations. However, the attitude of the various clan elders touched him somewhat. The Longevity Gu Family’s ability to stand unshaken through the ages had its own reasons.
Although there were minor conflicts and frictions within the clan, the overall atmosphere was still harmonious and amicable.
It was nothing like the families in the web novels of his previous life, where everyone from top to bottom schemed against each other, fighting to the death over the smallest opportunity.
All the elders of the Gu Family considered the interests of the family as a whole. So much so that even when he, a junior, stepped all over their faces, they merely turned as black as charcoal without saying much against him.
From this, Gu Changge was genuinely somewhat surprised.
But then again, it made sense. If a family were riddled with infighting from top to bottom, how could it stand unshaken to this day? It would have long since turned to scorched earth in the river of history.
Since the Gu Family’s future was being placed in his hands, he would naturally let it fulfill its proper role and shine even brighter.
Of course, for now he was only the Young Master.
The entire Gu Family was still under his father’s rule.
“Changge, come with me.”
On the main peak, after everyone had dispersed, Gu Lintian spoke to Gu Changge with a gentle expression.
Then a divine rainbow unfurled beneath his feet, transforming into a great road reaching the heavens, descending toward the palace where he usually cultivated.
“Yes, Father.”
Gu Changge nodded and followed after him.
He knew his father must have many questions for him, but he had long since prepared his words and plans—he was ready.
Soon, within the great hall.
The two stood facing each other.
“Changge, was your decision today made after careful consideration?” Gu Lintian deliberated over his words before asking gently.
With the position of Young Master settled like this, he was naturally at ease.
He also knew Gu Changge’s temperament well—if it didn’t concern his own interests, he would never have considered the position of Young Master.
So he was guessing whether Gu Changge had encountered some problem that prompted him to do this.
Hearing this, Gu Changge nodded and said, “Your son has naturally thought it through carefully. The position of Young Master must be secured, and it cannot be delayed any longer.”
“Secondly, if Father wishes to ask about the exiled lineage of the Thirteenth Uncle, you should have already guessed my intentions.”
“The incident back then, speaking of it, arose because of me. It left a thorn in the hearts of many in the clan, and they would not easily accept me becoming Young Master.”
“I might as well use today’s matter to give the various elders some face and ease relations within the clan. Then I can rightfully and legitimately take the position of Young Master.”
“Furthermore, Father has actually always felt guilty toward the Thirteenth Uncle’s lineage, haven’t you? By bringing them back, I also wish to make amends,” Gu Changge explained with a calm expression.
Of course, he didn’t mention that he intended to use this as leverage against Gu Xianer.
That sort of thing was fine for him alone to know.
He had his selfish motives.
But overall, it was still a consideration of the bigger picture for the Gu Family.
Hearing Gu Changge’s words, Gu Lintian couldn’t help but pause, then smiled faintly. “It’s good that you can think this way now, Changge. I have wronged your Uncle Linxuan...”
“But you don’t have to bear this enmity alone. The Thirteenth Uncle’s line won’t let things rest easily. I was the one who struck back then. When they break free from the world plane where they’re trapped and return, at worst your father will lose some face—I won’t let them harm a single hair on you.”
The Gu Linxuan he spoke of was Gu Xianer’s biological father. Back then, the two of them had contended for the position of family head, and in the end, Gu Lintian had won by a narrow margin.
Hearing these words.
Gu Changge couldn’t help but feel moved in his heart, touched—this father of his truly treated him beyond reproach.
Then he shook his head and said, “Father, you needn’t say more. This matter arose because of me, so I will bear the hatred alone. There’s no need to implicate anyone else. Besides, I was the one who urged you back then—everything you did was for me...”
Hearing this, Gu Lintian fell silent for a moment, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
For Gu Changge, whose temperament had always been cold and ruthless, to say such words today left him truly overwhelmed with complicated feelings.
If only the matter of the Demonic Heart had never happened back then—how wonderful that would have been?
“Changge, why would you say such things? Are these your true feelings?”
Then, Gu Lintian’s expression gradually grew solemn. He stared at Gu Changge, and within his eyes vast and boundless scenes emerged—heaven and earth collapsing, myriad ages turning to nothingness.
He was a colossal figure standing at the very peak of the Beyond, with unfathomable cultivation.
Now that he had turned serious, this pressure seemed capable of annihilating entire worlds and universes!
“Father is perhaps wondering why I’ve become like this.”
Gu Changge nodded, quite candid about it.
Compared to his former temperament, his current behavior—though not much different in front of outsiders—was still noticeably different in front of family.
It was better to say these things sooner rather than later.
At once, he asked softly, “Father, do you know of Demonic Energy?”
Buzz!
The instant his words fell, his eyes turned pitch-black, deep and icy cold, devoid of any emotion—just like a demon looking down upon all living things in heaven and earth with indifference.
“Such heavy Demonic Energy indeed... this Demonic Heart...”
Gu Lintian sighed and hastily acted to seal off the world outside the palace island, preventing anyone from sensing this aura.
He understood what Gu Changge meant.
“As my cultivation has gradually grown stronger, I can now control this Demonic Energy to some extent...” Gu Changge said with a calm expression.
Of course, he was just making this up—he could control the Demonic Energy at will now.
Anyway, with the Demonic Heart around, all the blame could be dumped onto it.
“So in the past, the Demonic Energy was in control?” Hearing Gu Changge say this, Gu Lintian felt a pang of heartache for him.
The current Gu Changge must feel immense guilt over what happened in the past, his conscience condemned.
But the matter of the Demonic Heart was truly bizarre—even he could find no solution to it.
The fact that Gu Changge could gradually suppress the Demonic Energy showed that he had actually been striving to restrain it all these years.
With the Demonic Energy in control, his temperament being that way was only natural.
“Father, rest assured. The current me is no longer affected by the Demonic Energy. On the contrary, thanks to its existence, my Primordial Spirit and willpower have been tempered...”
Gu Changge continued, conveniently pushing all the past events onto the Demonic Heart.
“It must have been hard on you all these years,” Gu Lintian sighed with some emotion, but more than that, he felt relieved.
This knot in his heart had finally been untied.
After that, Gu Changge took his leave and departed.
On the way.
He appeared somewhat preoccupied.
After all, thinking about it just now, he began to wonder whether he had actually transmigrated to this world long ago, but because of the Demonic Heart, his mind had been dominated by the Demonic Energy ever since birth.
Until the System activated some time ago, awakening his original memories?
“System, did you transmigrate here together with me?” Gu Changge asked the System in his heart.
“Master, yes.”
“How long ago did I transmigrate?”
“Twenty-one years.”
Hearing this, Gu Changge suddenly understood.
So that was how it was.
“Then why didn’t you activate sooner? Why not let me awaken my past-life memories earlier? Then things wouldn’t be so troublesome now,” Gu Changge asked.
<Please forgive me, Master. My energy was exhausted during the transmigration, and I spent these twenty-one years accumulating energy,> the System replied.
“The System’s functions upon activation adapt to the Master’s circumstances at the time, so Master, please don’t dwell on your villain identity.”
“If Master had activated the System with a trash identity, the System would have become a Trash Counterattack Fate Reversal System.”
“The hidden danger of the Demonic Energy in Master’s Demonic Heart was also resolved when the System activated. Master, please don’t worry.”
“I didn’t expect such a thoughtful System. Truly worthy of being a transmigration product...” Gu Changge couldn’t help but praise.
Having figured out his own origins.
He felt even more at ease.
The hidden danger of the Demonic Heart was resolved for now. As for the memories from when the Demonic Energy dominated his mind, with the System’s activation, the Demonic Energy problem had also been dealt with.
So it couldn’t affect Gu Changge’s memories of his previous life.
To him, those memories from when the Demonic Energy was in control really did feel like watching a movie.
Cold and ruthless, cruel and heartless.
Still, the blame that needed to be shouldered couldn’t be escaped.
After all, it was his body that did those things.
...
After returning to his own palace.
Gu Changge habitually opened his current status interface first.
Master: Gu Changge.
Aura: Fated Villain.
Weapon: Eight Barren Demon Halberd.
Identity: True Disciple of Skyward Schloss, Young Master of the Longevity Gu Family.
Physique and Bloodline: Demonic Heart, Daoist Bone.
Cultivation: Early Stage of the Honoured King Realm.
Arts and Techniques: Skyward Ascension (Eighth Layer, Progress 130), Demonization (Talent), Nature God’s Chant (Talent), Force of the Void (Talent), Immortal-Devouring Demonic Art, Endless Immortal Art...
Fatums: 1,000.
Fortuity Points: 1,000 (Black).
System Shop: Opened.
Storage: Domain-Shattering Talisman ×1, One-third Fragment of the World Seed ×3 (combinable), Fortuity Plundering Talisman ×3.
Basically, the entire interface had been refreshed.
The Endless Immortal Art had been added to his techniques, and Young Master of the Longevity Gu Family had been added to his identity and background.
“Even if the World Seed is combined, my current strength can’t bring out its true use. I’ll keep it for later.”
Gu Changge set this matter aside for now.
Then, he took out the Soul-Mending Jade.
“Yan Ji...”
Within it, Yan Ji, dressed in a red gown, was sitting cross-legged, nurturing her Primordial Spirit, when she suddenly heard Gu Changge’s voice.
At once, she transformed into a wisp of crimson smoke and drifted out.
“Young Master...” Her voice was cool and pleasant, and for a moment she was somewhat puzzled.
Why was this palace so unfamiliar? Yet it clearly exuded vastness and grandeur—one look was enough to tell its foundations were unfathomably deep and terrifying.
During this time, she had been recuperating her Primordial Spirit within the jade.
Because of the Soul-Mending Jade, she couldn’t perceive anything of the outside world.
So she didn’t know that Gu Changge had actually already returned to the Beyond.
Gu Changge looked at her and smiled faintly. “There’s something I’d like you to do for me.”